1. Every person extracting any mineral in this State or receiving any royalty:

(a) Shall, on or before February 16 of each year, file with the Department a statement showing the gross yield and claimed net proceeds from each geographically separate operation where a mineral is extracted by that person during the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the statement is filed.

(b) May have up to 30 days after filing the statement required by paragraph (a) to file an amended statement.

2. The statement must:

(a) Show the claimed deductions from the gross yield in the detail set forth in NRS 362.120. The deductions are limited to the costs incurred during the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the statement is filed.

(b) Be in the form prescribed by the Department.

(c) Be verified by the manager, superintendent, secretary or treasurer of the corporation, or by the owner of the operation, or, if the owner is a natural person, by someone authorized in his or her behalf.

3. Each recipient of a royalty as described in subsection 1 shall annually file with the Department a list showing each of the lessees responsible for taxes due in connection with the operation or operations included in the statement filed pursuant to subsections 1 and 2.

[2:77:1927; A 1929, 120; NCL § 6579] — (NRS A 1971, 562; 1973, 1293; 1975, 1675; 1979, 819; 1983, 878; 1989, 35; 1995, 40; 1999, 732; 2001, 661; 2005, 296; 2008, 25th Special Session, 15; 2011, 2896; 2013, 3122, 3425; 2015, 2953)